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top-secret
[ top-see-krit ]
adjective
- bearing the classification top-secret, the highest level of classified information.
- limited to persons authorized to use anything so classified. Compare classification ( def 5 ).
top-secret
adjective
- containing information whose disclosure would cause exceedingly grave damage to the nation and therefore classified as needing the highest level of secrecy and security
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Origin of top-secret1
Example Sentences
If a communication system must be used to transmit top-secret information, it must be one of those developed by the government using highly secure encryptions developed especially for that purpose.
Navy program involving nuclear energy, a position that required a top-secret clearance and prohibited dual citizenship.
Fans crossed their fingers, hoping that his exhaustion might be code for a top-secret new project.
“It will become, potentially, 'The Manhattan Project' of our time,†the president-elect wrote on his social media platform, referring to a top-secret World War Two programme to develop nuclear weapons.
Anton was an officer at a top-secret nuclear weapons facility in Russia.
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